DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE CHARACTERS FROM TWILIGHT. THEY ALL BELONG TO STEPHENIE MEYER. THE NAMES OF SITES AND BUILDINGS IN THE STORY DON'T BELONG TO ME EITHER. LETS JUST SAY ALL I OWN IS THE PLOT. OH, AND I OWN KEITH AS WELL :D

EPOV

I really didn't want Bella and Alice to come to work with Jasper and I on Friday. We knew what Fleet Week could entail and we didn't really want the girls to be anywhere near the bar that night. Unfortunately though, the girls couldn't be swayed and remained adamant that they would be coming with us. Something we were not happy about.

I tried to talk Bella out of coming all day on Friday, but she wouldn't hear it. I could hear Jasper arguing with Alice in the same way I was. I still wasn't sure if those two were an item yet and I'd told myself that I would find out that night at work.

"Look, Edward." Bella looked at me sternly, in a way that a mother would look at whining child. "I'm coming whether you like it or not. I don't see what could be so bad about it. I mean it's just like any other night right?"

"No," I replied, sighing. "That's the whole point. It's not like other nights. Tonight there are going to be a lot of extremely drunk sailors. Sailors that probably haven't really seen a woman in months, due to being at sea. At least not a womant that they don't work with. I mean, I don't know, but what I do know, is that there'll probably be a fight tonight."

"I don't care." She said, putting her hands on her hips and pouting. She really had no idea how sexy she looked when she did that. Or maybe she did and was just doing it to get me worked up in a way that she could use to her advantage. "I'm coming and that's final." She walked over and poked me in the chest when she said that and I sighed, knowing that this was an argument that I wasn't going to win.

"Fine." I resigned and she smiled, knowing that she'd won. She leant down and kissed me passionately, knowing that I wouldn't be able to refuse her when she did that. Even though we had only been together for less than a week she knew exactly what buttons to push to get what she wanted.

I walked into the front room and saw Jasper sat there with an indignant look on his face. He had obviously lost his argument with Alice also. I sighed as I sat down and he looked at me shaking his head, with a look on his face that said "women". I nodded and we sat there in silence, staring at the television as Alice and Bella got ready to go. Rosalie was with Emmett so we knew that we wouldn't have any trouble there. He was taking her to the bar after their date, which I knew he was as against as Jasper and I were against Bella and Alice going, but she had won that argument as well. I don't know what it was about these girls but they had some sort of power over the three of us. I hated to admit it, but we were well and truly whipped. Jasper and Emmett knew it as well.

A while later, the girls walked in and stood in the doorway. I couldn't help but smile as I stared at Bella. Even though she was dressed casual, she looked fantastic. She was wearing a pair of dark blue low rise jeans and a red strap top. A small black cardigan over the top of it and black boots that completed the ensemble. She smiled at me and flushed, hiding her face with her hair. I stood up and placed a finger under her chin, placing a small kiss on her lips as I tilted her head up to look at me.

"You look fantastic." I whispered and she giggled the giggle that I loved so much.

"Come on then boys." Alice chirped, smiling with Jasper following, wearing the same expression that I probably was. Yeah, we were so whipped.

We grabbed our stuff from our respective rooms and all piled into my car. The drive to the bar was filled with Alice and Bella singing and dancing along to the different dance and pop songs that came on the radio. Jasper and I laughed at the two of them, but they didn't care. They were having fun and it made me smile to see Bella so carefree.

Pulling up to the bar, I felt my face fall. There was already a huge queue outside and most of it consisted of white uniform wearing sailors, both male and female. They were all yelling and shouting and it was clear that they had already been drinking as they were trying to square up to Al, trying to get him to let them in ahead of time. Al wasn't having any of it though. There was no way he was going to let them intimidate him, but then again, someone of Al's size was pretty hard to intimidate. As we got out of the car, I put an arm around Bella, holding her close to me, and I knew that Jasper was doing the same behind me.

"Hey Al." I called as we approached. I tried to keep calm as I heard the many catcalls coming from the sailors in the line, aimed at both Bella and Alice. I knew there was a reason I didn't want the girls here tonight.

"Hey guys," He called back. He opened the door to let the girls in, and I nodded at Bella and Alice to go in. Both Jasper and I watched them go in and the door shut behind them before we went down to the basement.

"Hey Jazz." I called as we got downstairs. "What's happening with you and Alice?"

"I don't know." He shrugged as we went round to get changed. "I think I'm going to ask her to be my girlfriend, but I don't know what she's going to say."

"Alright man." I clapped him on the back. "Come on. You have nothing to worry about. She's completely into you. She wouldn't be here if she wasn't." He shrugged as though he wasn't completely believing what I was saying. "Come on. Go for it. She's not going to say no. Bella's told me that she won't."

"Really?" He raised his eyebrows at me and I nodded. It was true. Bella had told me that Alice was waiting for Jasper to ask her out, and was worried that he didn't like her because he hadn't yet. He blinked and strayed into thought.

"Yup," I said, pulling my top over my head. "Anyway, come on. Let's get up there, I don't like leaving the girls up there when all those guys are coming in." He nodded and we shoved our stuff in our lockers and ran up the stairs.

When we got up the stairs, we saw that the bar was now filling up and the girls were looking nervous. I shot Bella a look saying "don't worry, just shout if you need me" and she relaxed a little. I got them out two beers and poured them two shots, watching while they downed them. I knew Bella wasn't a fan of tequila, so it made me feel slightly cruel to give it to her, but I knew that Rosalie would be disappointed if I didn't. I grinned evilly at her and winked as I moved down the line of customers that had arrived at the bar.

The night was going like any other at the bar. Which was good considering the fact that by this time the previous year, several fights had broken out and the police had been called. Keith had said that if that happened again this year then he wasn't hosting Fleet Week again. He couldn't risk losing the bar.

Both Jasper and I were up on the bar, and Keith was behind it serving the drinks. We knew that Emmett would be joining us soon which is something we were grateful for as we were extremely busy. Suddenly Keith jumped over the bar and was fighting his way through the crowd. I looked down the bar and saw a female sailor leaning over and trying to help herself to the beer.

"Hey, hey!" Jasper shouted walking up to her and grabbing her up. "This is not a gas pump, girl!" He pushed her back into the crowd, not too forcefully though, so he didn't risk hurting her. "Wait your turn!" With that the woman laughed and Jasper went back to dancing. I carried on entertaining the section of the crowd that was watching me.

"Yeah, I like it!" I shouted spinning a couple of times.

Just then, a strong arm wrapped around my legs and started pulling me off the bar. I noticed that a large sailor had grabbed me and was pulling me onto his shoulder looking up at me gleefully. Great! I thought, trying to stay on the bar but failing.

"Hey!" I shouted. "What are you doing? Put me down!" He refused to listen to me.

"Edward!" I heard Jasper shout from the bar as the guy that had grabbed me walked further away from it. "Come on, let him go!"

"Help!" I shouted. "Jasper! Help!" The guy pulled me off his shoulder and put me down, but I was surrounded by sailors, both male and female, who were grabbing at me and touching me in places that I really didn't want to be touched. "Let me go!"

"Edward!" I heard Jasper shout and I saw that he wasn't on the bar anymore, but fighting his way through the crowd to get to me. I would be lying if I told you that I wasn't scared. The guys that were surrounding me were huge and, judging from the places they were grabbng me, obviously gay. "Edward!" I tried to grab his outstretched hand, but one of the guys next to me grabbed me around the waist, locking me in an iron grip.

"Jasper!" I shouted, reaching out for his hand. "Jasper!" I saw that he had been cornered and surrounded too. I turned back to the sailors that had me trapped. "Let me go!"

"Not a chance!" One of them cackled. "Fine piece of ass like you! No way!"

"Al," I heard Kieth shout. "Where's Jasper and Edward!" He had obviously finished what he was dealing with outside and come back into to find us gone and Al in a fight with some sailors.

"I don't know!" I heard Al shout. He wasn't too far from me. If I could make my way over to Jasper, and then if we could find our way over to Al then we'd be alright. I tried to worm my way away from the people that had me trapped but they had formed a circle around me now, cutting off any chance of escape that I'd had.

The girls! I thought frantically. Where are the girls?! I knew I should have made Bella and Alice stay at home tonight. I knew that something bad was going to happen. Why wouldn't they listen to us?!

"Emmett!" I heard Keith shout. I looked up and saw that he'd climbed up onto a table and was hanging onto one of the pillars. "They're tearing this place apart!"

"I'm calling the cops!" I heard Emmett shout. And he would. I was so glad to hear that Emmett was here. There was no doubt that he'd made Rosalie stay down in the basement. I saw him on the bar and he spotted me. "Edward!"

"Emmett!" I shouted back, trying to work my way towards him, but again being cut off by the sailors surrounding me. "Get the girls out of here!" He nodded and I saw him walk down the bar, pushing sailors that thought they could help themselves to the alcohol back off the bar. "Let me go!" I shouted, trying to get loose but they had my arms in a vice-like grip, looking at me and grinning, shaking their heads. "Come on, let me go!" I saw Emmett pull the girls over the bar and point to the basement. I saw Bella and Alice searching for me and Jasper before Emmett gave them a slight push and they complied.

Emmett then jumped down into the crowd and forced his way through, making his way toward Jasper and me.

"Jasper!" I broke free of one of the guys that had one of my arms and reached out to him, grabbing his hand. "Emmett's here!" I shouted and he nodded.

"Ed! Jazz!" Emmett cried, shoving his way through the crowd, which was now one massive brawl. He grabbed Jasper and yanked him free of the group that was holding him and made his way over to me, wrenching me free. "Go! Behind the bar! Go!"

I pushed my way back through the crowd as quickly as I could without getting hit or kicked in any way. I saw Jasper jump over the bar, and I followed suit, hearing Emmett landing softly behind me.

"You guys okay?" He asked us and we nodded, panting. "Go downstairs. The cops'll be here soon! Sort this rabble out!" As if on cue the police burst through and started breaking up the fights, arresting the offenders.

We walked down the stairs rubbing our arms from where the groups had held us, only to be met with three hysteric girls.

"Edward!" Bella cried launching herself at me. "Oh my God! Are you okay?" She looked me up and down before pulling me into a deep kiss. "Oh my God, I was so scared when that guy pulled you off the bar! I didn't know what to do. And then they grabbed Jasper as well. Are you okay?" She had tears streaming down her face now.

"I'm okay. Calm down, Bella, I'm fine. Both Jasper and I are fine." I pulled her close and saw the other two doing the same. I guess that they were all together now, as Alice and Jasper were engaged in a passionate kiss and Rosalie and Emmett were deep in an embrace the same as mine and Bella's.

Just then, Keith ran down the stairs looking worried out of his mind. "You two okay?" He asked, panting.

"Yeah, Keith we're fine." I said, looking at him, but not letting up my hold on Bella.

"Honestly, Keith, I don't know why you insist on hosting this thing each year!" Emmett said, still holding Rosalie in the same protective way.

"Trust me, after this year, I'm not hosting it again." He looked serious and we nodded. "The cops are clearing them out now. I'm making it so that they have to come back when they're sober and clear up. It's not fair having you guys do it." We nodded again, looking at each other, judging whether or not that was a good idea. "Don't worry. They'll be back tomorrow, hangovers and all. Clearing up!" He looked at us all, including the girls. "You can all get off now. As soon as this lots cleared out I'm closing up." He handed each of us a wad of cash. "There's a little more in there than usual, but considering what happened tonight, it's the least I can do."

"Thanks." We all said in unison and momentarily relinquished the girls so we could get our stuff.

"I was so scared." Bella whispered, tears still streaming down her face. "I thought you were going to get hurt."

"I told you not to come, love." I kissed the top of her head, but she didn't stop crying. I led her up the stairs that led outside and saw that there was a huge ruckus happening between the drunk sailors and the police. We hurried the girls into our vehicles and drove out of the parking lot and back home, completely boycotting the diner.

Pulling up, I began to offer to take the girls back to their apartment, but Bella stopped me, saying that she wanted to stay with me tonight. Alice sat in the back nodding her head furiously clinging onto Jasper as though her life depended on it. We gave in and led them up the steps to our house. Emmett was already inside with Rosalie, and I saw that they had already made their way to his bedroom.

Bella and I made our way to my bedroom and she sat down on the bed, silent tears streaming from her eyes.

"Hey, hey, hey," I said, crouching down in front of her, wiping her eyes. "What's this?" I kissed her forehead again. She shook her head and looked down, causing her hair to hide her face from my view. "Tell me." I tucked her hair behind her ear and sat on the bed next to her.

"I thought that they were going to hurt you." She sobbed into my shirt. "It scared me so much."

"But they didn't hurt me." I reassured her. "I'm fine, love. See?" I pulled away from her so she could see that I was alright. She nodded and kissed me softly. "It's okay." I pulled her in close.

I don't know how long we sat like that, but soon she was trying to stifle yawns that kept coming.

"Okay," I smiled, pulling away from her slightly. "I think it's time for bed." She smiled at me sleepily and nodded. I got up and looked through my drawers and found an old Metallica t-shirt for her to wear along with some old track pants that were now too small for me. I knew I'd kept them for a reason. I handed them to her and she went into the bathroom to change. I changed while she was in there and laid down on my bed waiting for her to come out.

I don't know how, but she even made that old ensemble look good and I couldn't help smiling as she walked over to the bed and climbed in. She kissed me passionately, before turning around pressing her back into my chest. I wrapped my arms around her waist and breathed in the scent of her strawberry shampoo. I heard her sigh contentedly and I kissed the nape of her neck smiling.

"I was so scared tonight Edward." She whispered. "I really thought that something was going to happen to you." I sighed.

"Nothing happened." I breathed back. "I'm fine."

"This time." She sighed and before I could respond her breathing became deeper and more regulated, indicating that she had fallen asleep.

This time? I thought confused. I would have to ask her about that in the morning. But for now I resigned myself to sleep, holding Bella in my arms, feeling complete.

Bit of drama, followed by a sweet moment.
Just the way I like them :D
Remember, review people! :D